CINCINNATI (Sept. 3, 2011) – The third day of the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball presented by Corona Light concluded with yet another round of upsets on Saturday – the most surprising being the defeat of second-seeded John Hyden and Sean Scott.

Hyden (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Scott (Redondo Beach, Calif.) arrived in Cincinnati having cruised through the 2011 domestic tours, winning all six of the events in which they competed.

The sixth-ranked team of Ty Loomis (Corona Del Mar, Calif.) and Mark Williams (Australia), who upset the third-ranked team of John Mayer (Culver City, Calif.) and Matt Prosser (Long Beach, Calif.) on Friday, defeated Hyden and Scott, 21-14, 18-21, 15-12.

Hyden and Scott fell to the consolation bracket where they will face ninth-seeded Kevin McColloch (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Matt Olson (Carlsbad, Calif.).

Play in the consolation brackets continues on Sunday at 9 a.m. EDT. Tournament play is scheduled to conclude on Sunday afternoon with the women’s championship match scheduled for a 2 p.m. EDT start. It will be followed by the Men’s match at approximately 3:30 p.m. EDT.

The U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball launched in 2007 as a collaborative effort between volleyball legend Karch Kiraly and The Elevation Group, and is joined in 2011 by ReachUSA. USA Volleyball sanctions the tournament and 2011 will be the first year for the event to take place in Cincinnati. More information on the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball is available at www.usopenbeachvolleyball.com.